Saturday Tweets: Lyme Disease, Unuselessness and a Plum Mystery

May 5, 2018

...https://t.co/5GPl6uJlHq — Rachel Surls (@RachelSurls) May 2, 2018 Luther Burbank Left Behind a Plum Mystery… Now Rachel Spaeth (of Redwood CRFG) is trying to decode him. https://t.co/jbbaKFQQmU — Fruit Cornucopia (@ValenzuelaJohn) April 30, 2018 "The heart ties everything together and is where you find meaning in all of this." @climatehuman Being the Change: Live Well and Spark a Climate Revolution #climatechange #CLC #mindfulness pic.twitter.com...

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Saturday Tweets: Artisinal Junk Food, Wide Streets and Neon Succulents

Mr. Homegrown

March 28, 2015

Saturday Linkages

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...d via @theREALdanmeth @buzzfeed — Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 26, 2015 Herbs, Not Ammo: How to Garden With Ammunition Cans http://t.co/XlLC60v34T — Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 26, 2015 Don't fall for garden store gimmicks http://t.co/hsmdrXTCuf via @WVgardenguru — Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 25, 2015 Efficiency in the Kitchen to Reduce Food Waste http://t.co/tw7WtzWUcg — Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 25, 2015 Building Healthy Soi...

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Anagallis monellii : A New Favorite

Mrs. Homegrown

April 14, 2014

Gardening

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...planted Anagallis monellii “Blue Pimpernel” in a bed of mixed flowers and herbs. This plant is neither edible or medicinal, but we hoped the bees would like its many blue flowers. Anagallis monellii is a Mediterranean native, so it is well suited to the California climate, and it follows that it does not need much water. It is perennial in zones 9 to 11 (that’s us), but can be grown as an annual elsewhere. If you see Anagallis monellii without bl...

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A Tour of the Homegrown Evolution Compound

Mr. Homegrown

April 13, 2008

Gardening, Vegetable Gardening

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...sary staples. But, we seldom buy greens at the store, and almost never buy herbs or eggs–we’ve got that taken care of in the garden. In the summer we have lots of tomatoes, and right now we have a few avocados. When the fruit trees mature in a few years we’ll have fruit. We’re hippies. Don’t get us wrong, we love hippies. We have no problems with cob ovens shaped like psychedelic snails, but that just ain’t our style. We’ve tried to keep things lo...

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Country Wisdom

Mr. Homegrown

November 18, 2006

Resources

...h clear illustrations. While we don’t anticipate having to skin and eat bear anytime soon, “Bear meat is dark and well flavored. The layer of fat should be trimmed off or it will give the meat a strong gamey taste” we did appreciate things such as the three pages of quick bread recipes (we’ll test some and let you know how they work) and the tips on using herbs. And lots of folks in our neighborhood could benefit from the dog training advice. Who...

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